Conversion of Development Bank into a company
74B Conversion of Development Bank into a company
Registration as a company
The Australian Securities Commission is taken:
to have been required to grant the application mentioned in paragraph 74A(4)(a) and to register the Development Bank as a company under subsection 137(2) of the Corporations Law; and
to have been satisfied that sections 134 and 135 of the Corporations Law do not prevent registration of the Development Bank; and
to have granted the application at the commencement of this section; and
to have registered the Development Bank at the commencement of this section:
by the name “Commonwealth Development Bank of Australia Limited”; and
in accordance with subsections 137(3) and (5) of the Corporations Law, as a public company, and as a company limited by shares, within the meaning of the Corporations Law; and
to have registered the name “Commonwealth Development Bank of Australia Limited” in relation to the Corporation at the commencement of this section under subsection 374(5) of the Corporations Law.
Memorandum and articles
As from the commencement of this section, the proposed memorandum, and proposed articles, lodged under section 74A:
are the memorandum and articles of the Development Bank; and
bind the Development Bank and its members accordingly.
As from the commencement of this section, the Corporations Law applies in relation to the Development Bank’s memorandum and articles as if they had been registered as such under the Corporations Law.
Membership
Each person who holds shares in the Development Bank at the commencement of this section:
by force of this section, becomes a member of the Development Bank at the commencement of this section; and
in relation to the person’s membership of the Development Bank:
is entitled to the same rights, privileges and benefits; and
is subject to the same duties, liabilities and obligations;
as if the person had become a member of the Development Bank under the memorandum and articles of the Development Bank.
Section 25B of the Acts Interpretation Act
Nothing in this Act or in the Corporations Law affects, or is affected by, section 25B of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901 as that section applies in relation to the Development Bank.
Miscellaneous
Nothing in section 74A prevents:
variation of the share capital of the Development Bank; or
a change in the name of the Development Bank; or
a change in the structure, memorandum, articles or membership of the Development Bank.
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